Interprofessional teamwork and collaborative practice are emerging as key elements of efficient a...

Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are hea...

Since 1943, Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) has been recognized as the most authoritative s...

For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured bi...

Creating an environment in which children in the United States grow up healthy should be a high p...

Driven by community-based organizations and supported by a growing body of literature, the enviro...

The number of psychiatric researchers does not seem to be keeping pace with the needs and opportu...

The United States is rapidly transforming into one of the most racially and ethnically diverse na...

This book discusses ways for people to handle today's bioethical issues in the context of America...

Today, more than 11 million American children lack health insurance and the number increases ever...

We know more about cancer prevention, detection, and treatment than ever before-yet not all segme...

Every day, tens if not hundreds of thousands of errors occur in the health care system. Some can ...

Shortly after 1998, leading members of Georgia's government, medical community, and public-spirit...

The underrepresentation of minorities in health and other professions has long cast a shadow over...

A new release in the Quality Chasm Series, 'Priority Areas, for National Action recommends a set ...

For nearly three decades, methadone hydrochloride has been the primary means of treating opiate a...

'Improving Health in the Community' explains how population-based performance monitoring programs...

Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2...

This volume examines the changing roles and interactions of these two critical participants in te...

Managed care has produced dramatic changes in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse ...

More than a quarter of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. Between 1995 and 2000, nearly 700,00...

The growing consumer interest in health and fitness has expanded the market for a wide range of p...

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. This book offers sp...

'Careers in Science and Engineering' offers guidance to students on planning careers--particularl...

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any othe...

The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always...

Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in Ame...

The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality commissioned the Institute of Medicine establish a com...

Since about 1980, asthma prevalence and asthma-related hospitalizations and deaths have increased...

Brain disorders--neurological, psychiatric, and developmental--now affect at least 250 million pe...

'If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people cou...

Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender a...

'The NIH contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2012 to conduct a study to assess and...

'On March 1, 2013, the IOM and the NRC convened a 1-day workshop, in Washington, DC ... Leveragin...

Gene transfer research is a rapidly advancing field that involves the introduction of a genetic s...

The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and sci...

Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really nee...

Ethical Considerations for Research on Housing-Related Health Hazards Involving Children explores...

'Many people naturally assume that the claims made for foods and nutritional supplements have the...

'Smoking-related diseases kill more Americans than alcohol, illegal drugs, murder and suicide com...

Family violence affects more people than cancer, yet it's an issue that receives far less attenti...

Schools and Health is a readable and well-organized book on comprehensive school health programs ...

Part of the authoritative series on reference values for nutrient intakes, this new release estab...

Over 3 million U.S. military personnel were sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Vietnam War. S...

'Occupational health nurses (OHNs) are front-line advocates for preventing illness and injury and...

Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults

'The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children,...

Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly in the...